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The Mom

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Premium Member
The title didn't begin with a capital. And as I stated in my OP, I mean no offense to any WDWMagic users, however it only takes a few seconds to look over what you have wrote and check it for spelling and punctuation.


Uh, it's either have written, or just plain wrote. Sorry, you started it. :lookaroun:lol: There's an old internet adage that goes along the lines of: anyone who comments on another posters' spelling, punctuation, or grammatical errors is almost guaranteed to have one in his/her post.

And no, I'm not sure that I punctuated the above sentence correctly, nor do I care. A quick scan of two different handbooks for writers did not give me a definitive answer. I think that the average person can understand what I've written. (or what I wrote)
 

Fun2BFree

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Uh, it's either have written, or just plain wrote. Sorry, you started it. :lookaroun:lol: There's an old internet adage that goes along the lines of: anyone who comments on another posters' spelling, punctuation, or grammatical errors is almost guaranteed to have one in his/her post.

And no, I'm not sure that I punctuated the above sentence correctly, nor do I care. A quick scan of two different handbooks for writers did not give me a definitive answer. I think that the average person can understand what I've written. (or what I wrote)

Oh snap! I was expecting that someone would find a mistake in one of my posts. Still, I done keeped the messg off tihs thred. ;)
 

sbkline

Well-Known Member
I think most of us can overlook a simple spelling mistake here and there. It happens and I'm sure we've all done it from time to time. It's easy for your finger to slip and hit an extra key as you're typing, or to transpose a couple letters.

However, I think most of us can tell the difference between that and a 10 year old posting on here (or a 20 year old whose grammatical skills are on the level of a 10 year old), who misspells more words than he spells correctly. Or someone who is too lazy to type out the words, so he resorts to abbreviating everything as if he's typing out a quick text message between classes. It's hard to take someone seriously when he can't even do something so simple as type out the words and spell them correctly, and use some punctuation where appropriate.
 

sbkline

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The title didn't begin with a capital. And as I stated in my OP, I mean no offense to any WDWMagic users, however it only takes a few seconds to look over what you have wrote and check it for spelling and punctuation.

Not trying to single you out or anything, but what I boldened above is an example of a petty thing that has managed to irritate the snot out of me for years.

I was always taught that the word "however", when used the way you used it, should be capitalized and start a new sentence. Let me demonstrate, using your above sentence:

I meant no offense to any WDWmagic users. However, it only takes a few seconds...

Now, when used as a parenthetical, it is okay to have coma "however" then another coma, as in this case:

"Joe didn't step foot in Epcot the whole trip. His brother and his wife, however, spent two whole days there."

It has always annoyed the snot out of me when people use the word "however" the way you did. :lol: I worked in the County Clerk's Office for 6 years, and the original County Clerk who hired me would often bring a letter out to me to look over for any errors before mailing it out. She would write something, do comma, however, then comma again, and I would always correct it, but she would never make the correction on the final draft. I saw one of my old English profs in the courthouse one day and I asked him about it and he agreed with me. So, to sum it up, here is the right way and the wrong way to use "however":

Wrong: My old English professor said that the word "however" should start out a new sentence, however, my boss didn't change the way she would write it.

Correct: My old English professor said that the word "however" should start a new sentence. However, my boss still continued to do it the wrong way.

Okay, now that I showed how pathetic I am in writing a lengthy post on the proper use of the word "however", I guess I will shut up now. :ROFLOL:
 

k.hunter30

New Member
The title didn't begin with a capital. And as I stated in my OP, I mean no offense to any WDWMagic users, however it only takes a few seconds to look over what you have wrote and check it for spelling and punctuation.
Actually, I was giving the poster the benefit of the doubt by thinking it was just a thread topic, not a "title" as you say. In that case, since it's not a sentence, it should not be capitalized. If, indeed, it is taken as a "title," then each word should be capitalized, not just the "c" as you point out.

My point is nitpicking small things things like this can get out of hand. :shrug: I write for a living, and I make small mistakes on here all the time. I don't think it's a big deal unless, as others have said, it gets in the way of understanding what was written.
 

KingStefan

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It's "l33t" n00bycAkEs!!11!1! kthnxbai!!1!!


:p:ROFLOL: ;) ;) ;) ;)

Sorry, I am not a member of the e-l33t, nor do I intend to be. Patrick Freemont's translator translates 1337<>leet. I suppose it's not true l33t, just a transliteration that looks like l33t. Anyway, it's fun, but I don't think I could ever read or write it well.:)
 

SirNim

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WDWFREAK53

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oooOOOOooo Binary! :slurp:

SirNim!!!! Don't use that kind of foul language on this forum! :ROFLOL:
 

Fun2BFree

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Kingdom WDW

New Member
Is it just me, or is this forum gradually slackening in terms of capitalization, spelling, punctuation and grammar? A few mistakes are OK, but some spell-checking doesn't take long and makes reading much easier on the eyes.

As reference, on the WDWMagic front page, I've found these mistakes in the titles alone:
  • DQ fire? (Unocnfirmed)
  • castle holiday lights
  • Mickey's Jammni Jungle goes Missing!!
  • I am surprised WDw Does not Do This
  • ok a lil help guys and gals
It is perhaps a very minor nitpick, and I mean no offense to the posters involved, but spell checking programs are included on Microsoft Word, Notepad, Wordpad and even the browser Mozilla Firefox. Please improve your grammar for the sake of this community.

-Fun2BFree

I totally agree! I posted nearly the same exact thing on another forum and I got beat up so badly I left it. (It was VMKMagic by the way, kids don't appreciate anything there).

Also, I hate it when people do the following:

i was at epcot yesterday and i saw that there were alot of ppl and it was rly crowdded and there was a 60 minit wait 4 evrything.


Would it help to actually use complete and coherent sentences? I know we are out of school, but is it possible to actually apply what our teachers and professors have taught us?
 

dandaman

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(And for the translating :D: http://www.nickciske.com/tools/binary.php )
 

KingStefan

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Fun2BFree

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dandaman

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